This site provides content about Belize and her diverse population generated from questions posed at libraries under the Belize National Library Service and Information System (BNLSIS).
Photographs of:
Launching of National Heritage Library.
The late Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price.
Management Skills for Librarians Workshop.
The BNLSIS is under the portfolio of the Minister of Education, who appoints a Statutory Board to ensure the proper and efficient performance of the functions of the Service. A Chief Librarian is appointed by the Board to administer the Service with a staff of 101, and a network of 42 service points countrywide serving a population of approximately 310,000.
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January Birthdays
The Right Honourable George Cadle Price (1919-2011). The eldest of 10 children, George Price was born on January 15, 1919 in Belize City, Belize. Receiving his primary education at Holy Redeemer School, he attended St. John’s College High School from 1931-1935, after which he spent the next 9 years at St. Augustine’s Minor Seminary in Mississippi, U.S.A., and Mayor Seminario Conciliar in Guatemala City. Co-founding the People’s United Party (PUP) on September 29, 1950.
Antonio Soberanis Gomez (1897-1975). Born in the Village of San Antonio in Northern Belize on January 17th, 1897. A labour activist, Antonio Soberanis is regarded as the father of the Belizean labour movement. He came to prominence in early 1934 when he took part in a demonstration organized by the “Unemployed Brigade”. After this he began to hold regular public meetings in Belize City demanding work for the unemployed, while attacking the rich merchants and the colonial officials.
Read more of their contributions on
our Belizean Biography page.
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